Democracy before Tocqueville
Michel Chevalier's America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6403731 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremy Jennings (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 398-427 |
| Publication date | 2006-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670506000155 |
| OpenAlex | W2163703342 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
This article explores the writings of Michel Chevalier, a contemporary of Alexis de Tocqueville, on America. Despite widespread praise, Chevalier's text Lettres sur l'Amérique du Nord has been largely ignored in the scholarly literature. This article, therefore, reveals the nature of the account of America provided by Chevalier and, thereby, compares and contrasts his account with the more famous account penned by Tocqueville. In particular, it shows that Chevalier, viewing America from a Saint-Simonian background, was more aware of the economic dimensions of American culture and society than was Tocqueville. However, both recognized the differences that separated a democratic America from an aristocratic Europe and that the future lay with the former. The article concludes by examining the views of both Tocqueville and Chevalier on America in the wake of the Revolution of 1848, showing how America now figured as the model of a moderate republic for both authors
Art · Democracy · Humanities · Literature · Political science · Politics · Praise · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · European Political History Analysis · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence
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Friend or foe? British receptions of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, 1835–1885
Nature, Science and the Environment in Nineteenth-Century French Political Economy
A nineteenth-century Mediterranean union
Utopias industriais, sonhos imperiais
A “Priesthood of Knowledge
A democracia na América
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,91 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |